I know many of them. They are family members, friends, neighbors, and people I meet in passing at high school football games, in checkout lines, and at the gym. I meet hundreds more of them every day on social media.
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Art: Nikki Friede "It (hope) is found not in the speeches of politicians or the empty slogans of power, but in the small, stubborn recognition between strangers who refuse to pretend that cruelty is strength and ignorance is patriotism."-Michael Jochum
If you haven’t yet had a chance to see or read Obama’s speech in Cleveland Saturday night, please do both. And then share it as widely as you can. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Obama said it as clearly as it can be stated.
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The Pentagon is spreading its incompetence and hatred of minorities to the Department of Homeland Security. It’s lending the Active Denial System, a military-grade heat ray, to the department to develop border-operation tactics. This weapon has been around for years, yet hasn’t been used
Journalist Jamilah Lemieux was once asked how it was possible that "the King of R&B," R Kelly, could get away with raping underage girls for decades without being stopped. She replied, “Because they were Black, … not class-mobile
Brazil's Superior Electoral Court has spoken. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been reelected, the votes have been counted, and the margin is nearly 4.4 million. Lula received 51.8 percent, Flávio Bolsonaro 48.2 percent. The officially certified result stands.
On Saturday, October 24, Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail in Cleveland, Ohio, where he appeared in support of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton and former Senator Sherrod Brown, who is attempting to reclaim his seat from Republican Jon Husted. Obama was in fine form.
Meanwhile, Trump’s increasingly erratic behavior is not helping as he makes the Republicans’ closing argument. After repeated and detailed praise of Ohio Republican senator Jon Husted’s “*ss,” to boost his chances against Democratic
“Change happens when ordinary people take action.” – Unknown The first step in creating change is to vote! VOTE BLUE
If you care about the health and welfare of Mainers!
Talarico: You want to know why they are spending $200 million against me? Because I don’t take their corporate PAC money and I never will. I don’t work for them. I work for you. When we flip this seat in Texas, I’m going to vote to ban corporate PACs so billionaires can’t buy our elections.
NEW: Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of the town. with @nytimes.com
The Small-Town Cop Who Helped ICE Deport His Neighbors
Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of t...
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Amazing how the Attorney General doesn't even pretend the job of the Justice Department is to enforce the law, it's just literally "If voters are confused and our party loses, that gives us a sad and it means the full force of the federal government must be brought to bear to undo the election"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 22h agoBASH: The worry is that we end up in a situation where President Trump tries to overturn the election and the result of that could be like what we saw after January 6-- BLANCHE: Stop it! You gotta stop it with that! That's crazy BASH: This is a president who has a history
Trump is gutting the Clear Air Act and poisoning our air by "prioritizing the economic interests of corporations and easing costs for polluting industries." Congress needs to end this administration's pay-to-play corruption.
How Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass
The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.
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STEPHEN A: Skip, I want to ADDRESS this issue. [BAYLESS nods] STEPHEN A: You KNOW I am not a fan of the Houthis. BAYLESS: Absolutely. STEPHEN A: BUT then Saudi royals mailed Jeffrey Epstein the KABA’s TAPESTRIES. The KABA, Skip! I did not think it was POSSIBLE to lose a PR war to the HOUTHIS.
The Epstein Files Produce an Unlikely Weapon for the Houthi Messaging Wars
The Yemeni militia is using the culture of its sworn enemies in the renewed fighting with Saudi Arabia.
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A week after ProPublica published an investigation that found $470 million in SNAP benefits were stolen from Americans last year alone, the Trump administration announced a new rule to add microchips, which are more secure, to EBT cards.
After Millions in Stolen SNAP Benefits, Trump Administration Moves to Fight Theft
A week after ProPublica reported how organized crime is stealing food stamp benefits — aided by the government’s refusal to update benefit-card technology — the Department of Agriculture announced pla...
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The only Planned Parenthood in the UP closed in 2025. Medicare for All means access to medical care for all, in every corner of the country.